Are there *always* experimental/ungraded questions?

[shemarty]

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Or do all 52/40/52 questions ever all go into your final score?

 

[jklasser17]

Or do all 52/40/52 questions ever all go into your final score?

It's a closely guarded trade secret....sometimes I hear there are even hidden questions.... 😀

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

It's a closely guarded trade secret....sometimes I hear there are even hidden questions.... 😀

But the hidden questions are only counted when you apply to secret medical schools using the invisible application.

 

[shemarty]

Haha. Sorry for asking a ridiculous question in the first place. I'm just getting really nervous waiting, and I'm trying to convince myself that there's a non zero chance that the questions I know I missed might be experimental!

We're nearly there! Whoo 🙂

 

[ChubbyChaser]

Haha. Sorry for asking a ridiculous question in the first place. I'm just getting really nervous waiting, and I'm trying to convince myself that there's a non zero chance that the questions I know I missed might be experimental!

We're nearly there! Whoo 🙂

I feel that, i know theres 3 on Ps that i missed, not sure about the other sections, but im sure there are many more, but missing some of the experimental ones would be great😀

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

Haha. Sorry for asking a ridiculous question in the first place. I'm just getting really nervous waiting, and I'm trying to convince myself that there's a non zero chance that the questions I know I missed might be experimental!

We're nearly there! Whoo 🙂

Sorry for the insensitive reply above, but jkassler hit a funny note with me.

On a serious note, I know many years ago (late 90s) they mentioned that there were non-field tested questions on every exam and that they usually tossed out between five to ten questions on every MCAT. They decided which ones to toss out after analyzing the data and taking feedback into account. But that was when there were 65/77/77 questions (verbal used to have 65 questions and was the first section of the day). It would make sense that they follow the same methodology now, but with fewer questions and a large percentage of the questions being recycled material, it would seem that the number of questions tossed out wouldn't be much more than maybe three on an exam.

 

[ChubbyChaser]

Sorry for the insensitive reply above, but jkassler hit a funny note with me.

On a serious note, I know many years ago (late 90s) they mentioned that there were non-field tested questions on every exam and that they usually tossed out between five to ten questions on every MCAT. They decided which ones to toss out after analyzing the data and taking feedback into account. But that was when there were 65/77/77 questions (verbal used to have 65 questions and was the first section of the day). It would make sense that they follow the same methodology now, but with fewer questions and a large percentage of the questions being recycled material, it would seem that the number of questions tossed out wouldn't be much more than maybe three on an exam.

Hey as long as its 3 that i missed, that could potentially raise my overall score 3 pts, i suppose